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Assembly constituency 11 · Puducherry

Lawspet is assembly constituency number 11 in Puducherry, in Pondicherry district, and one of the segments of the Puducherry Lok Sabha seat. In the 2026 election V.P. Sivakolundhu of the All India N.R. Congress won with 39.5% of the vote, 1,417 votes ahead of M. Vaithianathan (INC).

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Lawspet · 2026AC 11
  1. 01
    V.P. Sivakolundhu
    AINRC
    10,578
    39.52%
  2. 02
    M. Vaithianathan
    INC
    9,161
    34.23%
  3. 03
    V. Saminathan
    TVK
    5,647
    21.10%
  4. 04
    S. Jayachitra
    NTK
    433
    1.62%
  5. 05
    R. Rajangam
    CPI(M)
    301
    1.12%
  6. 6 other candidates · 418 votesNOTA · 228 (0.85%)

Margin 1,417 votes · 5.29% of valid votes

29,987
Registered electors
2026 election
89.3%
Turnout
+8.5 pts vs 2021
1,417
Victory margin
5.3% of valid votes
Apr 2026 · candidate-wise result

All 11 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 26,766 valid votes, NOTA included.

Lawspet 2026 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1V.P. SivakolundhuMale · 74 yrsAINRC10,578
39.52%
2M. VaithianathanMale · 52 yrsINC9,161
34.23%
3V. SaminathanMale · 56 yrsTVK5,647
21.10%
4S. JayachitraFemale · 35 yrsNTK433
1.62%
5R. RajangamMale · 63 yrsCPI(M)301
1.12%
—NOTANOTA228
0.85%
6GopalakrishnanMale · 42 yrsIndependent178
0.67%
7ChandrasegaranMale · 42 yrsIndependent88
0.33%
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8P. ElumalaiMale · 50 yrsPMK52
0.19%
9L. NarassimmanMale · 54 yrsAJPK38
0.14%
10Rajasekaran .hMale · 40 yrs · SCIndependent37
0.14%
11K. MuruganMale · 59 yrsIndependent25
0.09%
Past results

The seat changed hands: INC won in 2021, AINRC in 2026.

0%20%40%60%2011201620212026AINRC 39.5%INC 34.2%TVK 21.1%BJP 33.9%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2026V.P. SivakolundhuAINRC · 39.5% · margin 1,417Turnout89.3%
2021M. VaithianathanINC · 55.6% · margin 5,701Turnout80.8%
2016V.P. SivakolundhuINC · 46.9% · margin 6,449Turnout83.7%
2011M. VaithianathanAINRC · 51.8% · margin 5,432Turnout83.0%

General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.

Lawspet result 2021

Lawspet 2021 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1M. VaithianathanINC14,592
55.60%
2V. SaminathanBJP8,891
33.88%
3Nirmal SinghNTK1,168
4.45%
4D. SathiyamoorthyMNM825
3.14%
—NOTANOTA423
1.61%
5A. BoopalanDMDK73
0.28%
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6N. CamatchyAMMK71
0.27%
7P. Senthil KumarIndependent69
0.26%
8C. PandianIndependent60
0.23%
9P.V. Gopi KannanIJK33
0.13%
10KarunakaranIndependent20
0.08%
11Anna Durai. MIndependent20
0.08%

Lawspet result 2016

Lawspet 2016 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1V.P. SivakolundhuINC12,144
46.92%
2M. VaithianathanIndependent5,695
22.00%
3Nandha T. SaravananAINRC4,066
15.71%
4V. SaminathanBJP1,509
5.83%
5Anbanandam. GAIADMK797
3.08%
6A. AnandCPI(M)739
2.86%
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—NOTANOTA538
2.08%
7S. Mani BharathiNTK141
0.54%
8R. MuralikrishnanPMK73
0.28%
9Ramesh. RIndependent60
0.23%
10Leo @ RajasekaranIndependent51
0.20%
11MuruganIndependent43
0.17%
12G. SwaminathanIndependent19
0.07%
13S. PrabhakaranIJK8
0.03%

Lawspet result 2011

Lawspet 2011 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1M. VaithianathanAINRC10,189
51.79%
2V.P. SivakolunthuINC4,757
24.18%
3Nandha Jaya SridaranIndependent2,230
11.34%
4R.V. SaminathanBJP1,672
8.50%
5Ch. BalamohananCPI(M)647
3.29%
6G. SathiarajIndependent108
0.55%
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7J. PouvaraghavanIndependent70
0.36%
Map

Lawspet outlined in orange among the other Puducherry seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2026. Click any seat to open its page.

Other seats in Pondicherry district

Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.

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Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

Lawspet is one of the assembly segments of Puducherry. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Puducherry candidates.

  • Ve. VaithilingamINC14,871 61.2%
  • A. NamassivayamBJP6,604 27.2%
  • Dr. R. MenagaNTK1,556 6.4%
  • G. ThamizhvendanAIADMK770 3.2%
  • P. SankaranSUCI86 0.4%

In the assembly election AINRC won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, INC led here by 8,267 EVM votes.

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FAQ

Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Lawspet.

Who won the Lawspet assembly seat in 2026?

V.P. Sivakolundhu of the All India N.R. Congress (AINRC) won Lawspet in the 2026 Puducherry assembly election with 10,578 votes, which was 39.52% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Lawspet?

The margin was 1,417 votes (5.29% of valid votes). The runner-up was M. Vaithianathan of the Indian National Congress with 9,161 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Lawspet in 2026?

Turnout was 89.34%: 26,790 of 29,987 registered electors voted, across 32 polling stations. That is 8.5 points higher than in 2021.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Lawspet part of?

Lawspet is an assembly segment of the Puducherry Lok Sabha constituency in Puducherry. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Ve. Vaithilingam got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Lawspet a reserved constituency?

No. Lawspet is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.

When is the next assembly election in Lawspet?

The Puducherry assembly elected in 2026 completes its five-year term in 2031, so the next general election is due by then unless the assembly is dissolved early. The Election Commission of India announces the exact schedule.

Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the Puducherry assembly elections of 2026 and 2021 and 2016 and 2011 (2026 report) — detailed results and constituency data summary. Lok Sabha figures: ECI 2024 report 34, assembly segment details. Vote share is of valid votes including NOTA. Party names as listed by ECI. Candidate names are shown as filed; spelling follows ECI.

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